2 schools holding open houses and ceremonies today
Cedar Lane School and Marriotts Ridge High School will hold open houses today.
The new Cedar Lane School, on the Lime Kiln Middle School campus in Fulton, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and celebrate the opening of the new facility for severely disabled students.
Howard County's newest high school, Marriotts Ridge, at 12100 Woodford Drive in Marriottsville, will hold its ceremony and open house from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The school will open this year for students in ninth and 10th grades, adding grades 11 and 12 in the next two years.
Columbia Association running poetry contest
The Columbia Association is holding a poetry contest for students ages 13 to 18. The contest winner will read his or her poem during the "Hear My Voice" Teen Day event from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 at Columbia Teen Center.
Teens are asked to create an original work based on the theme "Hear My Voice" and/or teen empowerment. There is no word limit. However, entries must not be longer than three minutes when read aloud. Profanity, sexual innuendo and references to drugs and/or alcohol will be grounds for disqualification.
Entries are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 12. To submit a poem, mail it to the Columbia Association Poetry Contest, Attn: Carol Wesser, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia 21044, or e-mail it to Carol.Wesser@columbiaassoci ation.com.
Information: 410-715-5523.
Study program offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays
The Stressless Tests program will offer a four-session study- and test-skills course for middle school pupils from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Sept. 6, at Burleigh Manor Middle School in Ellicott City.
A course for high school students will be offered from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, starting Sept. 7, at Centennial High School.
The classes, which will be small, are designed to help each student learn his or her most effective study style. Students in previous Stressless Tests courses have reported higher grades, more focused study habits and less stress. The cost is $155.
Information or registration: Betty Caldwell, 410-740-4659. Stressless Tests is a program of the nonprofit HD Foundation of Howard County.
Form to be distributed on family privacy act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act authorizes local school systems to disclose some information from the educational records of a student that is designated as directory information.
